Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-28
LIVE STOCK NOTES,
L Texas Cattle Breeder Offers Some
Good suggestions in tine Matter OF
Cottonseed Feeding.
StOckmeD Sec the Need Of Up Breedine
their stock but wi Pay Only Fair
Prices for Breeders.


Prices for Breeders.
Powell BIOS. OF Fort Worth YESTERDAY
purchased d fac high grade Norman
horse, six years old, from II B. Sanborn,
the horse raiser of Grayson county. The
animal weighs 1900 pounds, and cost
$500.
Mr.. D. W. Davies, the Ohio stock
raiser, received an order yesterday from
Taylor for three head Of thoroughbred
Herefords, two heifers and one bull. He
also sold TO Fort Worth gentleman a
high grade Holstein calf.
~
81. ". McKoy and son Of the bar S
ranch, were in the city Wednesday. a.
". says that the loco weed is running
nearly ell horses on the plains, and in
some instances stockmen who intended
10 roundup cattle for shipment, we're
compelled TO give it up on sccount Of the
locoed condition of the horses. He de-
scribes the fatal weed to be an evergreen,
and is more fatal 10 horses in winter than
ct any other season Of the year, because,
being the only green plant in sight at this
time, horses are more apt to be attracted
by it. The worst feature about the dead
ly plant is that horses once locoed are
never of any use whatever, snd might IS
well be shot. They may live, but re-
main forever insane.-[San Angelo
Standard.
Mr.. j. A. Bohren, q Grayson county
ire stock breeder was in the city yester-
day. While here he purchased q fine
thoroughbred Polled Angus bull from
Messrs, Powell. The animal is Wallace
of Green Grove, $500 Mr. Bohren's
stock sre mostly shorthorns of that stock
A reporter asked the gentleman if he
raised his hay for feeding through the
winter. No, ne does not. He finds it
more profitable to invest the 50 he would
have TO pay per ton to make the hay, in
cotton seed, which ne finds, when
properly given to the cattle to be better
than the hay, the cost being the same
What does he consider properly feeding
cotton seed? Well, the way he does is to
scatter it among the grass, taking care to
be SIS irregular in the time of day at which
ne feeds, and never feeding in the same
place twice. By this means the cattle
never know when nor where to look for
the seed until they find it by grazing
around on the grass, so that they do not
fsll into the habit of going to a certain
place st & certain time. They go where
the best grass is.
a stock dealer last evening made the |
remsrk that business next year in the |
live stock business was going to be |
heavier ct Fort Worth than it was ever
known 10 be before. fThe causes" he |
said, shave their foundation on sound |
business principles. Il former years |
North Texas dealers have been only work
ing up trade in the northern and esst-
ern markets for Texas horses and |
mules, and they have done their work
well. The time is now at hand when we
may enjoy the feast we have prepared.
Already the first glimmer Of the rising
boom is VisibleS There is q greater in
quiry right now from eastern parties for
Texas stOCksthan We had at any time last
year, may gay; and it must be consid-
cred that this is not time of year for
activity in that trade. Then as to cattle,
let me show you Something" and ne
opened copy of a Texas live stock pa
per and pointed out an ad-
yertisement OF man who
bulls. "Did you ever noJice anything of
that sort in paper before? 1t has al
ways heretofore been the other way. The
owner wanted TO sell. The stockmen OF
Texas are taking hold of the up-breeding
system in good earnest, and the business
in thoroughbred and grade breeding cat-
tie is going to be heavy. There are going
to bs no fancy prices paid for cattle.
Texas stockmen have got over that.
There are, however, going to be q great
many cattle bought, but the stockmen
will only psY such prices as the animals
are actually worth"